Skeeter SX Bay Boats For Sale

The Skeeter SX bay boat line covers shallow-water anglers who still want to push past the inlet, and the SX230 sits at the heart of it. It is a true 23-foot-6-inch bay boat with an 8-foot-2-inch beam that floats in 10 inches of water, skinny enough to chase bonefish and black drum on the flats yet capable of eating a 1-to-2-foot chop on a run several miles offshore. Skeeter offers a tunnel-hull version of the hull as well, though most SX230 boats run the standard bottom. Anyone searching used Skeeter bay boats for sale will find these turning up regularly around Florida, from Miami to Charlotte Harbor.

The SX230 carries a max horsepower rating of 250, a dry weight of 2,875 pounds, and a roughly 59-gallon fuel tank. Rigged with a Yamaha SHO 250 (the 4.2-liter block) on an Atlas jack plate, top speed runs about 60 mph. Cruising in the mid-to-high 30s returns more than 3 miles per gallon, and owners report seeing 4 mpg at a steady pace, giving the boat real range for its class.

The helm runs twin Garmin or Simrad multifunction displays, with side-scan sonar useful for spotting drum cruising the canals, plus trim tabs and Yamaha gauges. A Minn Kota trolling motor with Spot-Lock handles the bow, and twin 8-foot Minn Kota Raptor shallow-water anchors can hold the boat in place like a pair of stakes. A powder-coated aluminum T-top adds shade and holds six extra rods overhead, with four more on each side of the console.

The deck layout is built around fishing. A recessed forward deck gives three anglers room to cast without stepping off the edge, and integrated low-profile steps move you up and down without tripping. Storage boxes are lined with roto-molded plastic, with lockable rod storage on one side and an insulated kill box and fish box on the other. The SX230 carries three live wells: a 15-gallon under the front seat, a 45-gallon, and a 30-gallon release well in the center seat. Flip-up rear seats convert to casting space, and an anchor locker plus wet storage round out the bow.

For buyers wanting more boat, the larger Skeeter SX2550 brings an 8-foot-5-inch beam, a 300-horsepower max rating, a 14-inch draft, 14 degrees of deadrise, a 2,775-pound dry weight, and a 53-gallon tank. It adds five inches of freeboard over the smaller models, more bow flare for a drier ride, a head inside the console, and a pop-up bow table for family days. The Skeeter 2350, a scaled-down hybrid version of the 2550 with extra freeboard, holds 55 gallons of fuel and cruises at 26.3 mph at 3,000 rpm, burning 6.5 gph for better than 4 mpg; pushed to 5,000 rpm it runs 47.7 mph at 19.3 gph.

When weighing a Skeeter SX bay boat for sale, the numbers are negotiable: a fully optioned SX230 package with trailer, electronics, trolling motor, twin Raptors, and a five-year warranty listed above $120,000 new and sold for under $100,000. One quirk to note is a slow-filling fuel system that overflows if rushed. The SX230 is rated for eight people or 1,000 pounds.